-672 It's not the end of the decade- the decade ends and the END of this year because there was no year 0, they started on year 1. So, 2011 marks the beginning of the new decade. amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Lol, I am wondering why people put no. They are pretty much arguing with a fact. I wish they would post a comment and tell me why they don't think so!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

there was a year 0, 0 A.D was a year. it was just the very first year but it couldn't have been an entire year past nothing without it being nothing to begin with. this sounds pretty confusing actually haha. Okay. At one point, you yourself were less than a year old but you wouldn't say that you started off at one year, does that kinda make sense? idk thats just why i said no for it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ha I thought the same thing, but the guys right. I thougt it worked like ages, with an age

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@913501 (Anonymous): There was no year 0 but the turn of the century is 2000 and this decade already started.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why is this voted up? There was no year 0 AD. It goes from 1 BC to 1 AD, that's a fact. There's no arguing it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Of course there was a year 0 AD! 1 AD does not mean that it's the first year, it means that one year has passed. Just like MissFreggles said, the day you were born, you were 0 years old, but 365 days later, 1 year had passed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes, in theory that works but that's not what happened historically. We just go straight from 1 BC to 1 AD. For example, at 11:59 on December 31, 1 BC, the clock struck midnight and it was 12:00 on January 1, 1 AD. That's just how we made the calendars. It is what it is.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Really? That doesn't make any sense. Edit: Checked Wikipedia, it's true! This decade is over tomorrow, and 1990 doesn't belong to the same decade as 1991. MIND. BLOWN. (MLIA) :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But society has really ignored it. Let's just say the first decade of the common era only had 9 years.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@913903 (CapedCrusader): Why did you disagree with this post then?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because society has made it so that each decade starts on the "Zero" and ends on the "Nine". Sure, "technically" this may be correct, but sometimes that's not always the best way to go.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This decade is over on 31 December 2019 at 11:59:59 pm. Wikipedia search: 0s.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...yes it does.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought so too, but read this: http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(year)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And this: http://ezinearticles.com/?The-World-Celebrated-the-New-Millennium-One-Year-Too-Early&id=5085896

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This makes no sense whatsoever.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It makes sense because there was no year 0, and you just need to realize that 1-10 is a real decade, not 0-9. For some reason we think that 10 and 11 are in the same decade just because they look the same, but 10 is the end of a decade and 11 is the beginning of the following decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is way too confusing for me... I'm just gonna drop out of the conversation now.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(ExtremelyAnonymous):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(year)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

fEMMAnist: Wikipedia search: 0s. That is the first decade AD. It has 9 years. All the decades after that had 10 years.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Show me the link.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=0s&l=1

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Direct quote from the link you sent me "Note that there is no year zero (0) in either the proleptic Gregorian calendar or the Julian calendar. Hence AD 1 was preceded by the year 1 BC." There is no year 0". From a connecting link on wikipedia "The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Exactly. Now, for the billionth time: Decades work differently from centuries and millenniums. Decades start on xxx0. 2000 years after the 0s ended, the 2000s ended, as 2009 ended. Therefore, decades end in xxx9.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

2010 is the beginning of a decade. Example: 1970 and 1979 are part of the 70s, but 1980 is not. Therefore, 2010, not 2011, is the beginning of a decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just fucking Google it idiot. What an idiot, seriously.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No, you're the idiot. Even your own source disagrees with you. In the article "0s" it says that the article talks about the PERIOD 1-9AD, not decade. If you go to the wikipedia article titles "0 (year)", it clearly states that "each decade begins with a year ending in 1, not 0". I know that on the list of decades it includes 0s, but it notes that it was only nine years, and to me this is just noting that it isn't technically a decade. Assuming that because 0-9AD is listed as a decade it means that 2010 is a new decade is dumb, as it VERY CLEARLY states that decades begin on years ending in 1.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well technically anyone religious shouldn't want to use a date system based on the before and after of a storybook character so really who cares.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What he said.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm not religious, I was just kind of guessing on this since they didn't start with zero. In the end, you are correct, "Who really cares?"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

So what, you have your own personal dating system that's different from the rest of us? How's that working out for you?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Google it. GOOGLE IT. Decades start in xxx0, centuries and milenniums start in xxx1.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I will accept that the 2010s decade started in 2010, just as the 1900s, which could also be considered a decade, started in 1900. But the 202nd decade starts in 2011, just as the 20th century started in 1901.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The 202nd decade is the 2010s. The 2010s started in 2010. Again, centuries and milenniums start in xxx1 but decades start in xxx0.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No, the 202nd decade and the 2010s are different, just as the 20th century and the 1900s are different. The only definition of a decade is that it is 10 years, it all depends on which decade "the" decade is referring to.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's called 0 C.E. AKA "Common Era", Then theres BCE "Before Common Era". It's the new date system. You should learn it in school. I'm a middle schooler and I know that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(<3 (:): Even though I don't believe that Jesus is my lord (i.e. Anno domini, in the year of the lord), I feel like a pretentious asshole if I say "this is the year 2010 CE."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

like i said, this is just way i am being taught in school.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(<3 (:): It's the way I learned it in school as well. It's the politically correct way of saying it. There are also other politically correct terms that have been introduced into our language that no one uses. For example, the gender neutral pronouns, zhe and phe. Of course, more people use BCE/CE than zhe, but it's the same idea.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We have gender neutral pronouns? SINCE WHEN?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i mean anyone who isn't religious*

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Time is but a number.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

A number that makes me late.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It did not start at 1....the beginning of time to 1 year equals one year and so on. You can't start at year 1 if a year hasn't gone by?!?! How does that make sense?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Rachel is right. Check out my analogy: imagine you had to take ten courses in order to pass university. If each course lasts 10 days and you're on your first ninth day ever, does that mean nothing started at all? Yes, you haven't passed that course yet (and thus accomplished 1/10 of your required university credits), but your time at university didn't start on day 11 (the day you got your first credit).

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yes you can. Year 1 = The first year, just like how years 1501-1600 are deemed 'the sixteenth century.' We are entering the 2011th year AD, which means 2010 years have elapsed since the domain, hence a new decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm pretty sure 1500 - 1599 is considered the sixteenth century CE (not AD).

by Anonymous 13 years ago

CE and AD are the same, and the sixteenth century = 1501-1600 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't consider wikipedia a reliable source. Also, AD is the old and religious term, CE is the new and more acceptable term. Edit: Also, there are several other websites that say it's 1500-1599.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay then, there was no 0 CE, they went straight from 1 BCE to 1 CE. So if 1500 is part of the 16th century, that would mean 1 BCE is part of the 1st century CE. Even if you think Wikipedia is wrong, at least what it says is consistent and makes sense...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How can you not consider Wikipedia a reliable source? Of course, some guy had the magnificent idea to make an online encyclopedia full of bullshit information! Yeah. If you do not believe what Wikipedia says, check out any article, go to the References section, all those people are saying what Wikipedia is saying in that article. Surely if an article has 200 references, you also think those 200 individual people from elite companies are bullshitting you too? Seriously?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Kill yourself.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That is an awful thing to say.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Chauncy Pickles): There are some idiotic people in this world, you know. Same as people who were born in the 1980s and 1990s who replied to an amirite post that I posted that they were not born in the 2nd milennium...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Um, as in, no

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This decade started at 2000 so technically it did start at zero and it is the end of the decade. (2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009) Count it it's ten years.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This decade started in 2010.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

When the clock strikes midnight on 12/31/10 a new day will have begun and a new decade will have as well.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No. A new decade will start one second after 11:59:59 pm on 31 December 2019.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, usually we think of a decade like the 90's or the 70's and stuff like that. It would be weird if 1990 was part of the 80's.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Would be cool to say I was born in the 80s though :P But you're definitely right.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Except 1990 is and will never be part of the 1980s, even if idiots deny it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No...we can't keep dumbing shit down because people are stupid and lazy....just like Jan 1 2000 was NOT the start of the millennium...no year zero - so decades END with a zero year....the decade ENDS Dec 31 2020....when you count to 10 you don't stop at 9.....math means things.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

So going by your logic the 90's didn't start until 1991, and 1990 was part of the 80's? Some people....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...But technically, it is correct. I think. I'm very confused, here.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm so freaking confused...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

OMG there was no year zero? My life is a lie!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

negative POTD, interesting.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's happened before, and a negative post can be just as interesting. This is also relevant to today, so it's a legitimate POTD.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i realize that haha i never said it is a bad thing, just that it is interesting.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha, okay. That is an acceptable reaction.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

at first i thought this was posted today and i was like WTF?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

aha me too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People who said no: By your logic, this year is also a new century and millennium, and so is every year. If you don't start at the beginning (1 AD), it's not very significant.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You don't start time of day at 1:00, you start at 0:00 (12:00 by AM/PM.) If you have two quarters you want to count in dollars, you don't start at one then say one plus two quarters = $1.50. Likewise, you don't start counting years at year 1, but instead, start at year 0.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But they didn't define it as starting at 0, they defined it as starting at 1, where the year before is 1 BC, and the epoch is in between the two (thus after this year it is 2010 years since the epoch). I'm not saying how it should be, I'm saying how it is. Also, you start the year with 1/1, so it always works that way for dates.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Beginning of year 0 to beginning of year 1 = 1 year. Beginning of year 1 to beginning of year 2 = 2 years. Beginning of year 9 to beginning of year 10 = 10 years = one fucking decade. ??? Profit.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There Kinda, Sorta was a year 0, ya know, 0 C.E. ? So 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (10 years) Then you have 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009 (10 years).... So you're wrong... and if I'M wrong someone enlighten me ?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(<3 (:): You would be right if there was a 0 CE, but there wasn't. 1 BC, then 1 AD.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

then the 1 B.C. might as well act like zero, I suppose =

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It is called BCE/CE

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Before Common Era = Before Christ. Current Era = Anno Domini. Your version is the atheist version, they're both correct though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yupp (: it's the atheist version because I knew that people were complaining about the whole religion thing earlier. so i used the neutral version (:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lolwhat.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey guess what everbody! It's going to be 2011 soon! Yay!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(whoreallygivesacrap?): It's going to be the second year of the 2010s! Yay. :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

how the fuck did this make potd

by Anonymous 13 years ago

To confuse idiots.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Anthony/Chromana decided it was. I don't know why though, since they both disagree with it...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If I think correctly, I'm pretty sure they pick stuff like this to see a lot of conversation and debate over a topic. They wanna see what people have to say about it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm eating chips.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

oh so now you start being able to type :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm on a horse.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Are they Doritos?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You eat a lot of chips...lemme guess...doritos? I don't blame you; doritos are good!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They're doritos.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There was no year 0. No 0 A.D. or 0 B.C. This is fact, not opinion. 2011 is the start of the new decade and everyone who disagrees is wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why isn't it called the "2011s" then? 2010s makes no sense if there is no 2010 in it. Google it. Thousands of results talk about when decades start, when milenniums start, etc. Surely they can't be all wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I Googled it, and every single source I looked at agreed with me. (I Googled "When does the new decade start?" and looked at the first four sources.) For your question, a decade is any period of ten years. 2010-2019 is a decade. 2011-2020 is a decade. 2014-2023 is a decade. The 2010s refers to the decade of 2010-2019. The /new/ decade starts on 2011 because the first decade (of A.D.) started on year 1. Therefore, the next one started at 11, then 21, ect. until 2011.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No. Decades work differently. Check the wikipedia article for 0s. The first "decade" lasted from 1 to 9. Therefore all decades start in xxx0 and end in xxx9.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Holy hell you keep citing this one Wikipedia article. One. Yes, it has sources. But there are so many more sources that disagree with you. Check billpetro.com, canadiancontent.net, or answers.com. Or really, just google it (which you keep telling people to do). You'll find that many more sources say that the decade starts on 2011 rather than 2010. And most of the sources that say 2010 are not even credible (ie not articles but a bunch of people answering someone's question).Guess what, wikipedia is wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes, but I could make 30 websites and say that Obama is ginger. This is not right in any way, but hey, if 30 websites say it, why would they be lying? And yeah, you don't know how encyclopedias work...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Nonono. It's like when a kid is born, he can't be 1. That's impossible. He's 1 year old 365 days after he was born. Same thing with earth. When it was first created (regardless of how it happened) It can't start off as year 1 because it hasn't been year yet. It's year 0. It has to start off at the beginning.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There was no year 0. It was 1 BC and then 1 AD.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually certain cultures start ages off at 1, so when you're born, you're considered 1.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why does any of this matter anyway? Our methods of keeping track of time are inaccurate anyway. We could be weeks off the actual 2011th time the Earth made a full rotation (that being 2011 years after 1 AD or 1 CE).

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Chauncy Pickles): The 2011th time the Earth made a full rotation on the sun, we weren't around yet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That is why I put in "2011 years after 1 AD or 1 CE", that being when we WERE around.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Chauncy Pickles): True. However, our methods of calculating time are accurate. Extremely accurate.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Accurate does not mean exact.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

this is wrong. when you messure something do you start a one? or do you start at zero?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Seriously? Maybe you should try reading the previous comments next time. There was no year 0 so it actually did start at 1 CE.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(...): well If the previous decades started with O's and ended with 9's (I.e. 70's = 70-79) then OBVIOUSLY 2010 was the beginning of the new decade. I don't care who said what that's how the rest of the world sees it. And stop arguing outta no where, it only makes you look like a Dick.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This decade started in 2010. It's from 2010 to 2019. If it was called 2010s it must start in 2010, or else, it makes no sense. The first decade AD, the 0s had 9 years. Milenniums and centuries work the way the OP said. People who thought the 3rd milennium started in 2000 are idiots. Check out articles for 2010s, 3rd milennium on Wikipedia. Also, if you think what they're saying there is bullshit, see the references for what they're talking about. Surely all those references can't be wrong. So 2011 is the second year of the 2010s. I dislike how this is POTD. Congrats Anthony, you'll confuse many dumb people with this POTD.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There. Was. No. Year. 0.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Did I ever say there was a year 0?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That makes no sense I'm pretty sure there was a year 0 but not back them because if you think about it it's hard to know because of A.D. and B.C.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There was no year 0. Google it. Yahoo search it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We definitely needed more negative POTDs. Negative posts are always written off.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This post contradicts itself; at the start, it says, "It's not the end of the decade," yet at the end, it says, "2011 marks the beginning of the new decade," so they're saying that 2010 is NOT the end, yet 2011 is the beginning?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This was made a year ago, so in the context it makes sense.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh! Okay I get it now, it does make more sense now (thumbs down post).

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't even understand. This was posted a year ago. O.o

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My brain hurts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The absence of a year 0 leads to some confusion concerning the boundaries of longer decimal intervals, such as decades and centuries. For example, each decade begins with a year ending in 1, not 0. The third millennium of the Gregorian calendar began on 1 January 2001, rather than the widely celebrated 1 January 2000. Likewise, the 20th century began on 1 January 1901. This rule results from the fact that the Gregorian calendar begins with a year 1 instead of 0. Cardinal and ordinal numbering of years is therefore identical: The year 10 is the tenth year of the calendar and the end of the first decade. The year 11 is the first year of the second decade, and so on. In spite of this rule, years ending in 0, rather than 1, are commonly perceived as marking the beginning of a new decade, century, or millennium. If the Gregorian calendar had begun with a year 0 as its first year, then the year 10 would have been the 11th year of the calendar and the first year of the second decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(continued)Similarly, the year 2000 would have been the 2,001st year of the calendar, therefore the actual first year of the 21st century and the third millennium.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Decades start in xxx0, milenniums and centuries start in xxx1. Wikipedia search: 0s. First decade AD, 9 years instead of 10 it had. Every new decade starts in xxx0.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You've already told me that :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. So technically it's the end of a new decade, but I get where you're coming from!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wow, what a stupid thing to get in an argument over >.>

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Start of 2000 to start of 2001 is one whole year. Start of 2001 to start of 2002 is one whole year. Start of 2002 to start of 2003 is one whole year. Start of 2003 to start of 2004 is one whole year. Start of 2004 to start of 2005 is one whole year. Start of 2005 to start of 2006 is one whole year. Start of 2006 to start of 2007 is one whole year. Start of 2007 to start of 2008 is one whole year. Start of 2008 to start of 2009 is one whole year. Start of 2009 to start of 2010 is one whole year. 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 10 years But the calendar does not have a year zero. The period between the end of 1 BC and the end of 1 AD is year one. Once 1 AD has ended, a whole year has passed. Then, 2 AD starts. Once 2 AD has ended, a whole year has passed. Then, 3 AD starts. Once 3 AD has ended, a whole year has passed. Then, 4 AD starts. Once 4 AD has ended, a whole year has passed. Then, 5 AD starts. Once 5 AD has ended, a whole year has passed. Then, 6 AD starts. And so on until 10 AD has...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ya this is the new decade starting now

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ended. That is when 10 whole years would have passed, marking the end of a decade. So it is not until the start of 11 AD that would a new decade begin. From that, you can also state that not until the start of 1991 would a new decade begin, and not until the start of 2001 would a new decade begin. This is as spelled out as it gets...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don’t understand how people are debating this. It’s not questionable, it’s just incorrect.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND ENJOY THE INTERNET

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Soon there will be more comments than "Yeah you are's" amirite? But if 2011 marks a new decade, doesn't that mean another one is ending? The decade started after the first second of 2000, because it is no longer year 0, but 0.000001. It's not completely accurate, but that's the way I'm seeing it. Explain to me why I'm wrong, if I am

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Decades start in xxx0 because the first decade finished in year 9 on 31 December. 2000 years later the year 2009 finished, thus signifying a new decade, the 2010s. However, centuries and milenniums start in xxx1. For example: 2001, 3001, 2101, etc.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I see what you're saying. So the months and weeks and days don't really matter, when considering the beginning of a century or millennium? So every century, the first 10 years aren't a decade? And I was confused, because op was saying 2011 was the new decade and I was thinking that 2010 was

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In the 21st century, the 2000s IS certainly a decade, but 1 of those years was part of another century (and in this case milennium too).

by Anonymous 13 years ago

THEY BOTH START IN NUMBERS THAT END IN 1 2001 was the beginning of a new decade and century. The year 2000 is actually part of the 1990's decade, even though 1990 itself wasn't included in that decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you're referring to centuries and milenniums, yes. If you're referring to decades, check Wikipedia, Google, etc.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you are referring to the popular opinion of what marks the beginning and end of the new decade, then yes, you are correct. However, mathematically, you are incorrect. Just read this. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_does_the_decade_end

by Anonymous 13 years ago

New decades begin on 1 January xxx0. CHECK WIKIPEDIA.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wikipedia simply follows the popular opinion, like you do; the mathematics of it is not implicated in the Wikipedia articles. People like 0's so they choose to hype up the change from 1999-2000 or 2009-2010, even though it is technically not the end of the decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wikipedia actually follows what big companies or websites say, which you can see in the section References of any article. In that section, they link to an article on a different website of who said that, often being important companies.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Alright, since you don't understand what I trying to tell you, do the math. It's already done in my comment here www.amirite.net/5675/914355 . It's long and split into two comments. It's the mathematical version (the correct one). Just read it and you'll see.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Decades last 10 years, yes. The 2010s are from 2010 to 2019. The first decade was "special", it was only 9 years, that is why decades start on xxx0.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If it lasts for only 9 years then it is not, by definition, a decade. You may twist the information however you'd like, but you are technically incorrect. That's all.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Where does it say anywhere that the first decade was only 9 years? Here's what that wikipedia article says: "This article is about the period 1–9 AD, the first 9 years in the Anno Domini era, not first 10 years." Does that mention anything about the first DECADE being years 1-9 AD? No. No, it does not. Wikipedia also never says the conception of decades ending in 0s is factually or mathematically correct (it isn't); it simply states that people perceive it as such. Also, wikipedia is just once source, and that article only has two references. Every other source I've read on Google states that decades end in 1s.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Of course and 1990 was part of the 1980s. They did the 0s "decade" thing so that the rest of the decades could start in xxx0 and end in xxx9.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh my gosh. Spain, listen. In the context of time calculations, new decades begin in xxx1. However, most commonly particular groups of 10 years (a decade) are referred to such as the 1920's, a decade that stretches from 1920 to 1929. So, people refer to groups of 10 years as decades, such as the 1920's, but in mathematically counting the years, decades start with xxx1. And in no way did the first decade only have 9 years, that makes zero sense.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The new decade started at the beginning of this year(2010) and doesn't end until 2019 because the last decade was 2000-2009 and this decade is 2010-2019.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This decade is from 2001-2010. The start of 2011 marks the beginning of the new century.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No. Decades start in years like 2010, 2020, so xxx0. Centuries and milenniums start in xxx1. Google it and then shut the fuck up.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That last word in my comment above is supposed to be decade, not century. It's a simple mistake, so fuck off (to the commenter below).

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You, sir, are the one who should shut the fuck up. Here is a list of websites that explain why the beginning of 2011 is the mark of the second decade of the 21st century. http://forums.canadiancontent.n...ew-decade.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_...w_decade_start http://answers.yahoo.com/questi...6163442AAVxi9l http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1166461.html (Check the publication date) Those are just a few. The new decade does not begin until 12:00 am on 1/1/11. It is a common misconception that 2010 marked the beginning of the new decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I just realized that none of those links worked...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Dude, you said century, not decade. I know later on you said you meant decade, but you first said century. 2011 doesn't mark the beginning of the new decade either. Check RELIABLE sites, mr. anonymous. Wikipedia search: 2010s.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You can't even tell the difference between century and decade so you obviously aren't a credible source.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that's like saying the new millennium started on 2001

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(The Truth): The 3rd millennium started in 2001, yes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(The Truth): ...That's because it did.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Although any period of ten years is a decade, a convenient and frequently referenced interval is based on the tens digit of the calendar year, as in using "1960s" to represent the decade from 1961 to 1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade This kind of makes it seem like 1970 was a part of the 60s...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You do know 1970 was part of the 1970s, right?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not according to Wikipedia. It's saying that the 1970s ranged from 1971 to 1980.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

don't trust Wikipedia... lol.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha I know it's not a reliable source, but I've always been taught that that's the way decades work, and I wanted to quote something, so I chose wikipedia

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol fair enough!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You don't understand how Wikipedia works. At all. Read @914010

by Anonymous 13 years ago

All I'm saying is that not every source on Wikipedia is right. That's all.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wikipedia doesn't say that. "The 1970s, pronounced "the Nineteen Seventies", was the decade that started on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979." for the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A decade is a span of ten years. The 1970s is considered a decade in the same way that 1973 to 1982 is a decade. However, the start of a NEW decade began on 1971. Do the math.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why is this POTD?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

To confuse idiots into thinking that the 2010s start in 2011.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Spain. You've made over 30 comments. Get a life.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Lol, just trying to make idiots learn. Some people are so ignorant, I'm trying to help them. Some people don't want to learn, but someone needs to help these idiots learn, you know?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

but u basically refuse to even attempt to see the other point of view, so perhaps you are the ignorant one?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because Anthony or Chromana decided it was.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well I know that. I mean why of all the things that could be POTD this idiot's post is the one.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

who gives a rip

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thank you. Besides record keeping 1/1/11 is just another day. What difference does it really make?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My concept of time and reality has just been shattered. If you'll excuse me, I am going to curl up in a ball on the floor.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I see your point there OP, but the world now considers a decade as 20X0-20X9 because the tens place are the same. Since there isn't an AD 0 you can say that the first decade was 1 BC - AD 1. It's easier.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Decade = ten years Think about it: 1 - 2000 2 - 2001 3 - 2002 4 - 2003 5 - 2004 6 - 2005 7 - 2006 8 - 2007 9 - 2008 10 - 2009 That's 10 years, which means 2010 is the start of a new decade. There's no need to argue. The answer is right up there.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're not right. 2011 is the second year of the 2010 decade. This decade started at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2010 and will end at 11:59 PM on December 31, 2019. That's 10 full years- count them: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. This decade does not include 2020 because it is 11 full years after 2010. I know that last sentence doesn't make sense mathematically, but it works out.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's really not that complicated. Of course you don't start counting at zero, you start counting at one. One means that one full year has passed, so 2011 is the 11th year of 2000. 2010 was the end of the decade, and the beginning of the next.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Can't we all drink lemonade and be happy with each other?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm allergic to lemonade, so no. No we can't.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

fuck kinda name is Alice

by Anonymous 13 years ago

LOL at pointless arguments! ^.^

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My thoughts are when it's someone's 10th birthday, he's been alive for ten years. The next day is the first day of his eleventh year alive. So the end of 2010 is the end of ten years or a decade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Dumbest argument ever

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yerrp

by Anonymous 13 years ago

SO MUCH CONFUSION, only because this post was made on january 1st of 2010, and by "this year", OP means 2010, not 2011 the end of the decade is now.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

isnt there the year 2000

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You are completely ridiculous. Yes a decade is 10 years and i could say we're in the middle of a decade right now. I could start making up my own decades, for example: We're in the middle of the 2005-2014 decade. But when we're talking about the actual decade in terms of dates then 2011 starts the next decade in AD. There was no year 0 so the first decade in AD couldn't possibly have only 9 years in it. THAT'S NOT A FUCKING DECADE! But I must also add that if we want to just talk about how society views the decades as small "eras" if you will, then the years 1990-1999 can be the 1990s decade, but it's not technically the 199th decade. Make sense yet?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I swear it almost made me cry when I saw how many people thought the first decade had nine years. As you put it, THAT'S NOT A FUCKING DECADE!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i think we can all agree that anthony needs to pick a new post of the day for the last day of 2010...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(year) Be educated people. there is a 0. Depends on the calender.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

we need a new potd...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oooooohhhhh this was made a year ago........

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I disagreed because that's what everyone else was doing. Also, I only bothered to read the first comment. Just sayin'.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ono Hey, I think your herd is leaving you behind...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha IKR? I kinda understand where they're coming from, but they're getting educated now but still refusing to learn. Yes the years 1990 through 1999 are the "90s" decade which is more like a small era, like I said before, but it wasn't mathematically the previous decade in AD. Back when the whole y2k thing was going down, I too believed 1999 was the end of that millennium (forgive me, I was only 11), but then I heard and read others debunking it and have since had to argue so many times about when decades/centuries/millenniums end and begin. Not many people seem to realize these things.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Tomorrow is the year 2011. Everybody shut up, we don't care whether it is the start of the new decade or not.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thats like saying when we were born we started as 1 year old. no. we started at 0, then after ONE YEAR, we became ONE YEAR old.

by Anonymous 12 years ago